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 Two Points, vanagon40, 13. Jun 2003 18:48 | ||
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| First Point I agree 100% with the previous thread stating the best time to play is when you are 100% ready. I have finally realized that my weakness is playing when I should not, e.g., drunk, late, tired, bored. When I am sharp, I can win, but like Fast Eddie Felson, I usually stick around too long and give it back. Second Point (more interesting) My second major weakness is only playing cards, not the other players. I rationalize by thinking O8 is based on cards, not players. However, last week I was in a free sit-n-go tourney (LHE), and due to a computer glitch, I could not see any cards. I mean NONE, not mine, not the other players, not the board. I continued to play and ended up fourth of ten. But I realized it was a great exercise in teaching me to play the against the other players--I mean what else could I do? I had to focus exclusively on who was raising and losing, who was always folding, etc. I realize a free game is not the same as a money game, but still I was forced to focus on the other players--my weak point. Just wondered if anyone else thinks this might be a valuable learning tool--playing free games and hiding the cards? | ||
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| Re: Two Points, Paul Stine, 13. Jun 2003 19:24 | ||
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| on 13. Jun 2003 18:48 vanagon40 wrote: > First Point > I agree 100% with the previous thread stating the best time to play is when you > are 100% ready. I have finally realized that my weakness is playing when I > should not, e.g., drunk, late, tired, bored. When I am sharp, I can win, but > like Fast Eddie Felson, I usually stick around too long and give it back. > > Second Point (more interesting) > My second major weakness is only playing cards, not the other players. I > rationalize by thinking O8 is based on cards, not players. However, last week I > was in a free sit-n-go tourney (LHE), and due to a computer glitch, I could not > see any cards. I mean NONE, not mine, not the other players, not the board. I > continued to play and ended up fourth of ten. But I realized it was a great > exercise in teaching me to play the against the other players--I mean what else > could I do? I had to focus exclusively on who was raising and losing, who was > always folding, etc. I realize a free game is not the same as a money game, but > still I was forced to focus on the other players--my weak point. Just wondered > if anyone else thinks this might be a valuable learning tool--playing free games > and hiding the cards? Well, I have been an advocate of putting a post-it note over your cards on the screen and not peeking at them until it is your turn to act. This, in my estimation, is a tool/technique that help you to look at the situation and not your cards. By not looking at your cards you don't have time to fall in love with them. You should watch how the hand is developing and then decide what set of hands you should play and how you should play them. Obviously your method (?) takes things a bit further, but the idea is the same. Very interesting. Paul Stine College Station, TX | ||
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| Re: Two Points, Banning, 14. Jun 2003 00:54 | ||
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| Second point: Some old school pro player said that he could beat anybody without looking at his cards and only looking at the players asuming they didn't know he was doing so. I think that that should give you some perspective. | ||
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| Re: Two Points, Swagman, 14. Jun 2003 04:08 | ||
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| Ya alot of poker mythos. But a field of professionals couldn't beat one schmuck in the WSOP who got his entrance free from a on-line promotional. that's how an urban legend starts. | ||
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| Re: Two Points, Mark, 14. Jun 2003 09:16 | ||
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| Doyle Brunson told a story ( i forget if its in super system or if i read it in card player) that goes like.. I (Doyle) had so may chips in front of me that i couldn't reach my cards, so i had to play every hand blind ( the other players could of course see this). I just played my position and my opponents and continued to win. That was No Limit hold'em, where a big stack can push around smaller ones. mark | ||
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